Russia cuts off Google and Amazon by trying to ban Telegram app

Reuters/Dado Ruvic

RUSSIA has unintentionally knocked out its own access to several major cloud services, including Google Search, Gmail and Amazon Web Services – used by streaming sites Spotify and Twitch – in ongoing efforts to cut access to secure messaging app Telegram. The app is used by millions of people inside Russia but its encryption has also made it popular with the likes of ISIS. Russian telecoms regulators want the company to hand over its encryption keys but Russian founder and privacy advocate Pavel Durov has refused.

To stay ahead, Telegram is using a trick that lets it hop from one …

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